August Coilour Challenge

Hello ladies - Dolly here with another colour challenge for you.


This month I have been inspired by a nautical colour scheme which seemed somehow fitting for the time of year - but it also works well for patriotic themes.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

This is my sample page. The red is there - honest - it is on the little sailboats and the anchors.

I hope you enjoy the challenge and do please share your creations in our facebook Colour Challenge gallery here 

The Fourth it should be a virtual crop challenge but isn't Challenge...get messy

Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying the summer sunshine....here is another challenge in for you to enjoy.  I love a bit of paint, stencilling, ink, stamping on my page so your challenge is to get a bit messy with a layout - it must have some form of mess on it, so here are a few pages to inspire you to dig out your inks and paints.

This one you start with spritzing your page with water and then add inks and let them run into each other - the paper will crinkle, but flattens out in time in your album.  There is also a little bit of stencilling with texture paint and inks on here too.

If you don't like too messy then go with a watercolour or paint effect patterned paper and just add a few flicks of paint to your page.

Maybe you want to create a serious mixed media piece with chipboard, embossing inks, stamping and use lots of paint and ink.

This is one of my favourite pages from this year - using my Christmas scarf for inspiration!  Use a plastic bag (the sort that you get stickers and embellishments in - the smooth plastic ones rather than a sandwich bag), add a bit of ink from a water-based ink pad like distress ink flat onto the bag, then tiny spritz of water and use the plastic bag like a stamp over your page - remember to dry between the different colour layers (distress oxides work really well for this type of page)

Moving into the acrylic zone, and lots of paint and drying time - colour chipboard pieces, create thick layers of paint in your favourite colours and dry brush a background to co-ordinate....so very little water on this page (apart from all the brush washing!)

A little more acrylic paint - again dry brushed onto the page, but a brayer also works nicely for covering a wide area of paper with just a thin layer of paint!

Share your pages over on our Facebook page, I would love to see what you create! ATDML # Create Facebook Page

Katherine

The Third 'It should be a virtual crop but it isn't' Challenge

To use or collect... That is the question. So today I'm asking as well how many reels of washi tape do you have? If you're anything like me you love them, they're pretty but you forget to use them on your pages...so today I'm challenging you to do exactly that.

There are a couple of ideas below, the first one by atdml customer and retreat regular Tracy Annunziato who created this gem with washi strips instead of patterned paper.

You can also mix your washi strips in with pattern paper like I did on the layouts below.

The much converted gold sparkly washi was even used on this page between paper strips.

Today I'm going to try something I have seen on Pinterest which is to print off journalling onto a piece of paper, then add washi strips over this and rerun through the printer to have colourful journalling strips to add to your projects. I'm told it works best if you use a lighter coloured washi tape without a heavy pattern so the printed text is clearer and print the text bold to help it pop further.  Why not have a go yourself and join me in the washi challenge today?

Do share your prohects made with us on our Facebook page. We'd love to see them.

The Second 'It should be a virtual crop but it isn't' Challenge

Hello Dolly here and we are all making sure you are not bored when you feel you should be virtual cropping.
I have a very simple challenge for you today - one I have been running on a digital forum too.

Here are pictures from 8 albums in my music collection ( I have quite eclectic tastes!)

 You simply need to select one of the albums and make a page inspired by it. It could be the design, the photo placement, the colours, the title. Just so long as it is inspired by one of the albums.

Here are a couple of ideas - they are both digital I am afraid

I will try and do a paper page this weekend too so I hope you will join me.

The first "It should be Virtual Crop Day but it isn't" Challenge

Hello all, as we are unable to host a virtual crop this month instead I am scheduling a challenge to get your scrapping inspiration going.

Below are a selection of summer quotes I found online, use either the quote or the image as a prompt for a layout. Don't forget to share them over on the ATDML # Create Facebook Page...

August Sketch Challenge

Ladies you so rocked in the Cyber Crop - so many wonderful pages. I hope you still have plenty to scrap because it's Dolly here again with another sketch Saturday.

Nice simple sketch this time as - well it is summer, it is hot and so simple is good!

This is the sketch

  It gives lots of flexibility and you can keep it as simple or make it as fussy as you like.

This is my page for the sketch

I hope you have fun and please, if you do make a page, share it in the sketch gallery here so we can all enjoy it.